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Bill Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R SB 2972 Texas SB 2972 (89R)
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Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
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Creighton
Leach
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legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 2972 (89R) — Relating to expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 229 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9739 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9739 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9739 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2110 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 11127 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 2110 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 2110 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Creighton — primary (person)
  • Leach — primary (person)
  • King — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-03-14 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2025-03-14 Filed filing
  • 2025-04-07 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-04-07 Referred to Education K-16 referral-committee
  • 2025-04-16 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-04-16 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-16 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2025-04-16 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-04-23 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-04-23 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-23 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-04-28 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-28 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-05-09 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-05-13 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-05-13 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-05-13 Record vote
  • 2025-05-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-13 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2025-05-13 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-13 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-13 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-13 Record vote
  • 2025-05-14 Co-author authorized
  • 2025-05-14 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-05-14 Record vote
  • 2025-05-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-14 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-14 Record vote
  • 2025-05-14 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-05-15 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2025-05-16 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-05-16 Referred to Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-05-19 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2025-05-19 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-20 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-05-20 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-05-21 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-22 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-24 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2025-05-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Postponed
  • 2025-05-27 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2025-05-27 Postponed
  • 2025-05-27 Laid out as postponed business
  • 2025-05-27 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-27 Record vote
  • 2025-05-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-27 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-27 Record vote
  • 2025-05-27 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-27 Record vote
  • 2025-05-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-28 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-28 Record vote
  • 2025-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-28 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-29 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2025-05-29 Read
  • 2025-05-29 Senate refuses to concur
  • 2025-05-29 Senate requests conference committee
  • 2025-05-29 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-29 Senate refuses to concur-reported
  • 2025-05-29 Senate requests conference committee-reported
  • 2025-05-29 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-30 House grants request for conference committee
  • 2025-05-30 House appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-30 House grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2025-05-30 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-31 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2025-05-31 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2025-06-01 House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
  • 2025-06-01 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-01 Record vote
  • 2025-06-01 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-06-01 Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
  • 2025-06-01 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-01 Record vote
  • 2025-06-01 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-06-01 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-06-02 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-06-02 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-06-02 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9475867b-b651-4aa6-b6fd-fd55a3ae0beb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).